Autographic register.



T. F. SGHIRMER & M. C. STERN AUTOGRAPHIO REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1908.

949,006. Patented Feb. 15,1910.

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ra n THFODOR F. SCHIRME R AND MILTON C. STERN, OF DAYTON, OHIO,ASSIGNORS TO THE EGRY AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ACORPORATION OF OHIO.

AU'TOGRIAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Tatent.

Patented Feb. 15? 1910.

Application filed. July 31,1908. Serial No. 446,298. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THEODOR F. Scrunnnn and MILTON C. STERN, citizensof the United States, and residing in Dayton, county of Montgomery, andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAutographic. Registers, of which the followin is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in registers for making duplicatecopies of writings which may be used with special advantage for thetaking of orders by motormen, conductors and other employees in thehandling and despatching of passenger and other tralfic in electriccars, trains and the like, and the purpose of the invention is toprovide a construction of register which can be readily and easilymounted in any car, booth or station, where orders for the moving ofcars can be delivered, and the invention embodies that novelconstruction and arrangement of arts to be hereinafter particularlypointed out and claimed, whereby the re ister may be readily removedwhen desire from one station to another, and when mounted in place canbe securely locked to prevent access to the register by unauthorizedparties.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improve registermounted in place. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the back plate for theregister. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the register casing detached from theback plate. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section. Fig. 5 is a verticalsection of the upper portion ofthe register somewhat enlarged. p

The operating parts of the register are mounted in a suitable casingcomprising side walls 1, 1, a bottom 2, and a front wall 3, hinged at 4,4, to one of the side walls, so that ready access may be had to theregistry mechanism, and this plate is locked shut with an ordinary lockand key.

-'5 is the top plate with an arm rest extension 6, and provided with ausual opening 7,

ed on suitable spindles in the side walls of the case and the stripsfrom these rolls are passed over the writing tablet 8, with manifoldingmaterial interposed between the several strips, and thence the stripsare passed between the feed rollers 13 and 14 and the two uppermoststrips out through the upper portion of the case, while the third stripwhich is intended to be stored in the case, is passed to a storage rollmounted onthe spindle 15, journaled in the side walls of the case.

The top cover 5, is curved upward to form a cover 16, for thefeed roller13, and the rear edge of this cover forms a tearing edge for the paperstrips that are passed out of the case.

the lower feed roller 14, and a train of gears 18, 19 and 20, drives thestorage roll to wind up thelowermost. strip thereon, the usual frictionclutch connection being provided to permit the proper movement of thestorage roll. Each of the supply rolls of paper is provided with aspring pressed plate 21, to hold the paper rolls under proper tension.The construction of the register mechanism thus briefly described is allold and well known, and forms no part of the present invention, and neednot be further described.'

22 is the back plate for the register, and instead of being secured inthe usual way, and forming a part of the register casing,- this backplate is separable from the casing and is provided with screw holes 23,by means of which the plate can be secured to the wall 2 1, of anysuitable booth, or in any other desired permanent position in a car orwherever else desired. This plate is provided with four lugs 25, whichare projected upward to leave sockets 26, 26, and the side walls 1, 1,of the registry casing. are provided with beveled lugs 27, 27, to engagein these sockets and hold the registry casing securely on the backpla.te, and the casing is further provided with a lock 28, the bolt ofwhich engages in a suitable recess 29 in the back plate, so that theregister can be securely locked in osition. 'When the re ister is thuslocke to the back plate, al access to the register is prevented, and theregister also covers up the screws or other devices for securing theback plate in position in the booth, station or car.

Mounted on the back plate at the upper The feed rollers are driven 'inthe usual way by the hand crank 17 mounted on end thereof, is a springclip 30, which clip is designed to hold the duplicate of the order lastwritten on the writing tablet in front of the register, so that theparty using the register shall always have before him the'previous orderthat has been given.

The use of the register will be clear from the foregoing description.The register itself is used in the ordinary and usual way for takingorders. The back plates may be purchased separately and mounted at allthe various places that it may be desired to use a register for thetaking of orders, and the registers can be changed from car to car orbooth to booth as may be desired.

When it is desired to use the register in any place that is exposed tothe weather, it will be understood that a cover is used to cover overthe upper portion of the register and protect the stationery from theinclemency of the weather.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an autographic register, the combination, with the casing for theoperating parts inclosing the o crating parts for the top, bottom, sidesan front, of a separable back plate to form a complete inclosure,

means for securing the back plate inde endently in position, means forremovab y securing the register casing to the back plate to conceal theback plate securing means, and a key controlled lock to lock the casingto the late, whereby a single back plate may be used for a series ofregisters.

2. In an autographic register, the combination, with the casing for theoperating parts inclosing the operating parts for the top, bottom, sidesand front, of a. separable back plate to form a complete inclosure,corresponding lugs and projections on the side walls of the casing andthe back plate respectively for removably securing the casing to theback plate, and a key controlled lock to lock the casing to the plate.

3. In an autographic register, the combination, with the casing for theoperating parts inclosing the operating parts for the top, bottom, sidesand front, of a separable back plate, means for removably securing thecasin to the back plate to form a complete incl osure, and a clipmounted on the back plate to hold the last Written sli in front of theoperator without detaching from the register.

Witnesses:

LI W. JAMEs,

LEOPOLD HANK.

